Improved curtain-fixture



I--1'0 all amy concern.

yUNITED lSTATES PATENT Orefice.

`JAMES onus-E AND wILLiAM's. LOUGHBQROUGH, or nocnnsrnng-n Y.

lMiFiovr-:IJ cunTAiN-FIXTURE.`

.-Speeiiic'ation'fornnng part of Letters Patent No. 47,89 2,-daied April 2.5, 1865; aniedated i April 15, 1865. i

Y lBe -it known that we, JAMES county. of 'Monroe and -rSitate of New York, have invented certain -new Iand useful `Improvements in Curtain;Fixtures; and we do hereby declare that the followingis-a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference I being had tothe accompanying drawings,

makinga part of this'speciteatiou, in which- Figure`;1 `is a frontelevation of a curtain j suspendedby our invention.' Fig. 2 is a topl 4 view of the clutchtbracket Yb and the cord` l spool'. IFig.3 is an inside view of the clutchbraeket'bdetached. 5

sists in providing 'an'oblong journal-box for the roller'in the clutch-bracket and a stopV near the inner end to catch the lugs on the spool, whereby the curtain is heldat the desired point. When it is to be rolled up,the

said oblong box' permits the 'lugs and stop to be `thrown out of l gear by the draft Vupon the cord forcing that end ot" the roller to thefron't end of the box. l

By this peculiar construction and arrange ment of the parts all theadvant'ag'es of the gravity or pendulum fixtures are se -cured, while the serious objections heretofore experienced in 'their liability `to be dama-'ged by'dropping suddenly, as' they often will as usually made, is entirely removed, it ,being impossible for this curtain'toi'all when the cord is released.

l To enable others to work our invention, we

will describe its construction and operation-.-

We construct the spool s, as seen in Fig. 2, with a, left-hand threaded shank, to screw into vthe end of the roller f. There may be one or more lugs, a, cast to 'the outer head, h, of the spool. Thejournalbox'c of the clutch-bracket b is madc'oblong horizontally, as seen in Fig. 3,- and the vstop eshould be located far enough from the projecting box to permit the passageV 4`of the lugs a between them. The guide-loop i for the cord mis formed in the projection g,

r CHASE' and M. S. Lonennononcn, of Rochester, in the the whole being east at once. This proj eetiou may beplaced above the center, if desired,`so l Vas to aord better access tothe screw when; 'pnttingthe bracket'up. Thelhole o is to receive the screw tor' hanging the bracket when it is' desirable to place'it upon the stop or the,`

jamb of the window; but when it is applied to the face ofthe easing or of thesash the screw 'is inserted through the slot r in the foot of` The points or spurs n may also be provided on the outside, if, desired, to be the bracket.

used when the brackets are4 to be applied to the jambs.

' The curtain is raised by drawing down upon: :the cord, which is wound up of course in the opposite' direction from which the curtain is, the latter being wound so as to hang between the window and' roller, j as usual.

tweenjthes'top and lthe journal box c, and by l allowing the cord to bel drawn through the iingerswith aslight friction .the roller is' per- A uiit ted 4te revolve, but is prevented from roll. ing back Vto the opposite position,` although the Vinstant the cord is released that end of l `the roller -travels to theinner end of Vthe` journal-box, and one otf the lugsfcatches or strikes y the stop', and holds the curtain at that .point of its elevation. V- j.. The cord-guide g niaybe eleyated,`if desired,` as shown bythe dotted lines g', Fig. 3, so Alas' to afford -free access with Ythe screw-driver to insert the screw, which supports the braclnt,` when itis applied 'to the face of 4,the cusingor oi the sash. l f 'l What we claim as our invention, anddesire to secure by Letters latent, ise` y The combination and relative arrangement of the guiuelooptonine bracket b with the spool' and oblong journai-socket c and y stop c, the parts being constructed and `operating in the lnanner and for the purposes shown and described. "j y JAMES CHASE.

witnesses;

ASA H. VBILLINGs, DRAP-En STONE.

It will be seen that by the draft upon the u cordv the roller -is vdrawn-to the entereml` of XVM. S.- LQUGHBOROUGII. 

